Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Consider Staples, the office-supplies retailer, which had tumbled from being the market leader to being a third of the new leader’s size by 1992. So founder and CEO Tom Stemberg hired John Wilson as head of strategy and chief financial officer. Like Wilson, Anderson was able to lead the senior team.

Strategy 8

Strategy Chief Financial Officer Short-term Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

CEOs of midsized companies who make big bets can lose the farm. The malfunction caused major delays shipping toys to retailers. Not surprisingly, many of those retailers refused to pay when the toys finally did arrive, too late for the holiday season. The importer lost millions of dollars and began running out of money.

CFO 8

CFO Venture Funding IPO Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2011

Since Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO at Apple last week, there has been much concern, discussion , and hand-wringing in the business world. When one of Apple's design teams was tasked with developing a DVD-burning software program for high-end Macs, developers spent weeks putting together a plan.

P&L 14

P&L Supply Chain Retail COO 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2016

So the PPA terms that retailers and tech companies sign have not worked for the heavy guys. They held about 40 meetings with companies that had bought renewable energy and with big project developers. They had framing conversations with the CEO and CFO early on to discuss any financial or operational challenges.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Finance CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Then–Google CEO Eric Schmidt was appalled : "Sergey, among your many ideas, this is the worst." (The The same investment logic holds for Apple's innovation ecosystem; the flow and fortune of its third-party apps development alone would yield valuable insight. What a pity.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

My experience with even the most successful global companies is that they’re between average and poor at developing future talent. They’re often not transparent about your real needs and vague about the most effective development options. Development matters. Leadership & Developing People Book.

Career 8

Career Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

When we asked one successful online retailer “How do you compete with Amazon?” ” Publicly, CEOs talk about digital transformation, but privately, they wonder if their efforts will be enough. But platforms and networks can be developed in many different ways. ” the response was “You don’t.”

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

We’ve spent an awful lot of money on technology, but I still see people working in the old way,” complained the CFO of a large hospitality company. We will only win together,” explained Pernod Ricard’s CEO Pierre Pringuet. Budget for the communication, training and organizational development required to succeed.

Technology 8

Technology Metrics Budgeting CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

McDonald’s is the world’s largest fast-food chain: It has 36,200 retail outlets in 119 countries, 6,700 of which are owned by the corporation; the rest are run as franchises. In the period 2006 through 2014, the total pay of McDonald’s CEO varied from a low of $3.6 In 2014, when the pay of McDonald’s CEO was $6.4

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2011

As CEO of the lease-to-own chain, he was eager to see how his 1,000th location was performing. His business development team had gotten some good market data about the border cities — Matamoros, Ciudad Juárez — and some leads on potential partners. Back at the office, Stan stopped by to see his CFO, Carl Amirault.

Case Study 10

Case Study Marketing Real Estate Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

For example, several companies embarked on Six Sigma programs after their CEO heard about GE's success with the approach, and many other companies have adopted Lean because of Toyota's success. People who have earned these belts drive projects with clear financial targets set at the top organization, with progress monitored by the CFO.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 14